The ones who got away

[Frayed Knot]

Got away, dealt away, snuck away under cover of darkness, FA'd themselves away, whatever.

Coming up on two months and nearly 1/3 of the season in the books is maybe a good time to see how these recently departed are doing in other unis.

(these stats are several days old)





JdG (TEX):

In what many would call totally predictable and in a predictable way, deGrom has been very successful while also being very limited:

6 starts, 30.1 IP, 19 H, 4 BB, 45 K. The 11 RA (9 ER) falls into the not predictable realm but 5 of those came in his first, and abbreviated, start so that would get diluted

out by a larger sample size … if only there were a larger sample size.





Chris Bassitt (TOR):

10 starts, 62.1 IP, 3.01 ERA, 1.04 WHiP lead to a 5-3 record for the Jays and all those numbers were a lot better until getting beat up by Tampa in his most recent start on 5/22

So a very nice season so far for a guy who had a very nice season last year.





Seth Lugo (SDP):

8 starts (and Zero relief appearances) 41.2 IP, 4.10 ERA, 1.37 WHIP; 3-3

So the guy who always wanted to start but wasn't allowed by the Mets both for fear of his partially torn UCL and his success in an important bullpen role, found a team who would

give him that chance and he's done, well OK … except that he's just been placed on the 15-day IL although with a right calf strain (while rushing to cover 1B) which, as far as I know

anyway, isn't connected with his elbow ligament.







Taijuan Walker (PHI):

10 Starts but with a 5.79 ERA and 1.44 WHIP.

H/9, BB/9 and HR/9 are all up compared to last season. Home park related possibly?





James McCann (BAL):

A backup to a young star who doesn't sit very often, so only 64 PA to date and an unsightly .177/.203/.306 slash line (11 for 62)





Dom Smith (WAS):

A respectable .267 BA but only four of his 43 hits are for XBs (3 2Bs + 1 HR)

So a 91 OPS+ that's just not going to cut it as a 1B-man





JD Davis (SFG):

.287/.360/.497 // 796 while playing mostly full time.





Michael Conforto (SFG):

Just a .213 BA but is walking (.321 OBA) and hitting for power (9 HRs + 2 2Bs in 30 hits)

and is playing full time after more than a year on the shelf.





Jarred Kelenic (SEA):

Not exactly a recent departure, but he's playing everyday now and having his first stretch of success at the ML level: .297/.350/.564 // 914 (154 OPS+) 23 of his 49 hits are XB

[Edgy MD]

Travis Jankowski has been on the injured list for three weeks with a hammy tweak, but up until that point had been playing the best ball of his career, going .309 /.382 / .412 // .793 in 77 trips to the plate for the Rangers, stealing five bases in six tries.

[TransMonk]

Carlos Correa:



169 AB, 36 H, 6 HR, 14 R, .213/.302/.396/.698



While I think he can improve toward his career numbers, I can't help but think a bullet was dodged here. Mets fans would not abide those numbers on this team.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Correa also has a foot injury

[Frayed Knot]

=TransMonk post_id=126640 time=1685112114 user_id=71]
Carlos Correa:



169 AB, 36 H, 6 HR, 14 R, .213/.302/.396/.698



While I think he can improve toward his career numbers, I can't help but think a bullet was dodged here. Mets fans would not abide those numbers on this team as

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: =TransMonk post_id=126640 time=1685112114 user_id=71] Carlos Correa: 169 AB, 36 H, 6 HR, 14 R, .213/.302/.396/.698 While I think he can improve toward his career numbers, I can't help but think a bullet was dodged here. Mets fans would not abide those numbers on this team as

We're kind of abiding those numbers from Lindor, or at least pretty close to them [.226/.302/407 // 709]

What's helping Lindor out is a better track record here rather than just arriving from out of town as Correa would be doing.



But both are having the same type of season: the walks are there, the XBs are there, just not the BA.

[Edgy MD]

Joely Rodriguez, giving up four runs (three earned) in 2 1/3 innings for the Red Sox.



Chasen Shreve getting more regular work for Detroit, with whom he's got himself a 4.91 ERA over 18 1/3.

[bmfc1]

Trevor Williams is starting for WSH. It would take a trade but it would be nice to see him back in the bullpen again.

[Frayed Knot]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=126649 time=1685133121 user_id=68]
Lindor's an MVP caliber fielder. At shortstop, no less. Correa's none of that.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Correa hasnt been an elite fielder for two years, now. I dont see where you wrote that you weren't considering defense. You simply wrote about Lindor's "track record". It seemed to me that you neglected, rather than purposely skipped defense.

[Frayed Knot]

I neither neglected nor purposely skipped it.

I was merely responding to Monk's post about Correa's slow offensive start. Defense wasn't being discussed until you decided to bring up a counter to an argument that wasn't being made.

[Frayed Knot]

Syndergaard got knocked around by the Rays last night (6 earned in 6) making his already not so great numbers this season a touch uglier.



10 games/10 starts but less than 5 innings/outing (47.1 IP) and now an ERA of 6.27 and WHIP of 1.35

And the worst part about the WHIP is that it's almost all hits: just 7 walks in those 47 innings but 57 hits ... Ouch!

[Edgy MD]

The one-year contract model hasn't been his friend.

[Frayed Knot]

3 HRs for Conforto this week